https://github.com/msabramo/python-anyserializer

Uniform interface to various serializers (e.g.: pickle, json, yaml, phpserialize, etc.)
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Uniform interface to various serializers (e.g.: pickle, json, yaml, phpserialize, etc.)

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/msabramo/python-anyserializer
• Owner: msabramo
• Created: 2011-11-21T16:26:25.000Z (about 13 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2012-05-31T20:20:01.000Z (over 12 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-09T20:39:36.036Z (8 months ago)
• Language: Python
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• Size: 273 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.rst

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python-anyserializer

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A uniform interface to a bunch of different ways to serialize data in Python.

There are a plethora of ways to serialize data in Python, but they often have

annoyingly different interfaces.

For example:

- json_ and pickle_ - use ``dumps``

- yaml (PyYAML_) - uses ``dump``

- plistlib_ and biplist_ - use ``writePlistToString``

- etc.

This makes it a bit annoying when you're writing software and want to be able

to let the user specify different serialization formats.

Some frameworks have developed useful abstractions for serialization. For

example, `Django's serialization framework

`_. But this is

unnecessarily tied to the Django framework and the Django ORM. Serialization is

a general problem that is not specific to any framework.

Things shouldn't be this way.

::

    >>> anyserializer.serialize('json', {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': {'d': 3, 'e': 4}})

    '{"a": 1, "c": {"e": 4, "d": 3}, "b": 2}'

    >>> anyserializer.serialize('yaml', {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': {'d': 3, 'e': 4}})

    'a: 1\nb: 2\nc: {d: 3, e: 4}\n'

    >>> anyserializer.serialize('pickle', {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': {'d': 3, 'e': 4}})

    "(dp1\nS'a'\nI1\nsS'c'\n(dp2\nS'e'\nI4\nsS'd'\nI3\nssS'b'\nI2\ns."

    >>> anyserializer.serialize('phpserialize', {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': {'d': 3, 'e': 4}})

    'a:3:{s:1:"a";i:1;s:1:"c";a:2:{s:1:"e";i:4;s:1:"d";i:3;}s:1:"b";i:2;}'

    >>> anyserializer.serialize('plist', {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': {'d': 3, 'e': 4}})

    '\n\n\n\n\ta\n\t1\n\tb\n\t2\n\tc\n\t\n\t\td\n\t\t3\n\t\te\n\t\t4\n\t\n\n\n'

    >>> anyserializer.serialize('biplist', {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': {'d': 3, 'e': 4}})

    'bplist00bybiplist1.0\x00\xd3\x01\x02\x03\x04\x05\x06QaQcQb\x10\x01\xd2\x07\x08\t\nQeQd\x10\x04\x10\x03\x10\x02\x15\x1c\x1e "$1)+-/\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x0b\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x003'

.. _PyYAML: http://pyyaml.org/

.. _pickle: http://docs.python.org/library/pickle.html

.. _json: http://docs.python.org/library/json.html

.. _plistlib: http://docs.python.org/library/plistlib.html

.. _biplist: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/biplist/